Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Ecology & Environmental Science

Thursday, October 11, 2012: 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
607 (WSCC)

Description: Selected graduate students present their scientific research to their peers, mentor-judges, and other conference participants in a unique forum for professional growth.



6:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
6:35 PM
Analysis Of Lead From Atmospheric Deposition And Sediment To The Monterey Bay
Kyle Lakatos, B.S. , Undergraduate Researcher , University of California, Santa Cruz ; Cheryl Zurbrick, B.S. , Graduate Student Researcher , University of California, Santa Cruz ; Russell Flegal, PhD , Distinguished Professor , University of California, Santa Cruz
6:50 PM
THE ROLE OF SPATIAL AGGREGATION IN CORAL REEF BENTHIC DYNAMICS
Marlene Brito Millan , GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHER , SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO ; Stuart Sandin, PhD , Assistant Professor , Scripps Institution of Oceanography
7:05 PM
The Influence of Local and Landscape Agricultural Intensification on Within Farm Biodiversity
Serge Farinas, MS , PhD Student , University of Michigan ; Ivette Perfecto, PhD , Professor , University of Michigan
7:20 PM
Ecomorphology of Skates (Rajoidei): Connecting Variable Form to Feeding and Diet
Christopher Martinez , Research Assistant , Stony Brook University ; Michael Frisk , Associate Professor , Stony Brook University